STAG. Go, child, and let your feet save you.

FAWN. I cannot bear to leave you, father!

STAG. Go save yourself! Go, go!

[The faun goes. The HUNTER enters.]

HUNTER. Aha! I have you now!

[!-- H2 anchor --]

THE SHEPHERD BOY WHO CALLED WOLF

SCENE I

TIME: middle of the afternoon.
PLACE: a hillside near the village.